‘How Many Elephants’ auction for elephant conservation

Fashion-forward conservation: Help to save the elephants with a charity auction from How Many Elephants and Africa Travel Week.

Africa Travel Week and How Many Elephants, a non-political, design-led platform that works to raise awareness and funds to help with elephant conservation, is holding an online auction.

Proceeds from the auction, which is currently live, will be used towards anti-poaching efforts for the African elephant, around Africa.

The items available at the auction have all been curated by Holly Budge, founder of How Many Elephants, and Martin Hiller, the Content and Creative Director of ATW and include fashion, art and beautiful jewellery pieces.

Other items up for auction are prints made by Budge herself, photographs taken by Amish Chagen, and sand artworks created by artist Nancy Tschetner.

According to Tourism Update, there is also jewellery designed by South African jewellers, a hat by milliner Crystal Birch, a custom designed evening gown by Kat van Duinen, an original artwork by Kelly John Gough and a limited print by artist Duncan Butchart.

How Many Elephants?

Founded by Holly Budge, How Many Elephants is an innovative, design-led charity educating a global audience about the devastating impacts of the African elephant ivory trade and raising vital funds for front-line rangers. Very few people actually know that around 96 elephants are poached each day in Africa.

The charity partners with anti-poaching units in organisations such as South Africa’s Black Mambas, National Park Rescue, Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust and female anti-poaching team, Akashinga in Zimbabwe, as well as Kenya’s Mara Elephant Project. 

The charity auction, which is a collaboration between ATW and How Many Elephants has been live and ends on Tuesday, 13 April at 10:00, so if you haven’t bid on anything yet, now’s your last chance!

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